The Relative Importance of Symmetric and Asymmetric Shocks: The Case of United Kingdom and Euro Area

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 104-118

  Peersman, Gert ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 78650956142     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2010.00612.x     Document Type: Article

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